The effort to get same sex marriage on the California ballot in 2010 took a hit Monday. Rick Jacbos, the leader of the 700,000-member Courage Campaign just told us that after spending more than...
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In prelude to President Obama's speech committing more troops to "finish the job" in Afghanistan tomorrow, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has published the story of Tora Bora .
The escape...Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has taken in about $700,000 from his big A-list Hollywood fundraiser earlier this month -- less than the $1 million projected so far, but...
When President Obama addresses the nation on Afghanistan Tuesday night, he will own the war. And Democratic solidarity will be shattered. His decision is widely viewed as the most consequential of...
It's been a rough week for California's first family, at least when it comes to the tabloids and driving -- namely TMZ , which busted Maria Shriver (again) Tuesday for failing to obey traffic laws....
We sure love our ballot initiatives here in sunny Cali, and 2010 is shaping up to be no exception. Consider this: in the past month, the Secretary of State has announced that no less than 17...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his share of official declarations and we pretty much never cover them due to their lack of newsworthiness. Today being the day before a holiday, though, we thought...
It was a love fest at this morning's news conference in East Los Angeles, where Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger re-announced that he is appointing Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria (Santa Barbara...
In addition to announcing Abel Maldonado as his new Lite Guv pick last night on Jay Leno show( Hello out therrrrrrrrrrrre? Is anybody watching ?), the Guv mentioned that he hasn't been pulled...
Carly Fiorina is developing a complicated relationship (nooooo, not THAT kind) with her CA GOP Senate primary opponent Chuck DeVore.
Just days into her fledgling campaign, she has already...
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have an idea for all that stimulus funding still being handed out by the feds: high speed rail.
The political...
House Appropriations chief David Obey, in an interview with ABC news, threw down the gauntlet on Afghanistan, saying if the administration wants more troops, he will demand that they be paid for...
Sarah Palin knows the power of a best-seller as a timely vehicle to get the press and public talking, and now former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has quietly laid plans to add "author" to...Between San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom ripping off his mike this week in an interview and GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman weighing in on the media, we must say: man, some of...
As criticism rages this week over whether the Obama administration overstated the number of jobs created by economic stimulus spending, California officials issued a memo Friday giving state...
It didn't take long for California's groundbreaking decision on energy efficient televisions to go national .
One day after the Wednesday decision by the California Energy Commission to limit...
Well, that didn't work out.
The much ballyhooed recall effort against Assemblyman Anthony Adams, R-Hesperia, died with a whimper today. Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced that of the...
Interesting trend to watch as Palinpalooza wends it's way through America: How Republicans react to her. The ones who want to cuddle up to conservatives and the Tea Par-tayers will sing her...
....nothing. Oh, and you sick freaks thought thought she was going to air something like this ?
The Miss California USA beauty pageant is anything but dull and this year's gig -- on Sunday --...Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman gave an expansive interview to ABC News' Teddy Davis today, covering everything from Sarah Palin to 2010 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown --...
[...] San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom -- seen as unusually elusive since his recent withdrawal from the 2010 Democratic governor's race -- suggested to KCBS radio Thursday that the press is...It looks like newly elected Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, will be joining the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Science and Technology Committee.
The House...[...] Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is in Washington, D.C. this week, and in a meeting with the news reporters she focused on her Democratic opponent if she...U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina has found a friend in John Mack , chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley, who's giving a fancy fundraiser for her today in New York.
The event hosted by...[...]
GOP Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina added another feather to her ever-growing cap of conservative endorsements today: Senator James Inhofe.
That's right -- James M. Inhofe, aka Senator Climate...Democratic 2010 gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown is making tracks for Los Angeles today with two interesting back-to-back campaign events -- one a fundraiser aimed at raking in Hollywood...
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Rep. Jackie Speier took one of the biggest risks of her political career recently -- she agreed to appear on "The Colbert Report" --- and the segment aired last night.
How dangerous can this...
The latest reason Camp Meg Whitman gives for their candidate not debating her GOP guv rivals three times -- as promised -- this fall: Because rival Steve Poizner did not give a "timely response"...[...]
Rep. Mike Honda, chair of the Afghanistan task force of the Progressive Caucus, sent a letter to President Obama with caucus co-chairs Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Marin and Raul Grijalva, D-Az., urging...
In honor of " Teabagger " being named a runner-up for the New Oxford American Dictionary 2009 Word of the Year (OK, so was " tramp stamp "), we pass on word that t-baggers in Virginia have...
California could be facing a $20.7 billion budget deficit next year, according to sources familiar with a report to be released Wednesday morning by the Legislative Analyst's Office.
The number is...
Think before you sip that Russian River Pinot Noir: environmentalists are warning that its production could be contributing to the death of threatened fish species.
That's according to three...
Ayn Rand is back ! A new conservative children's book -- party affiliation is inherited, after all -- titled, " Help! Mom! The radicals are ruining my country!" takes aim at House Speaker Nancy...[...]
Just in time to mess with Attorney General Jerry Brown's world some more, there's a new undercover ACORN video was released Monday night on Fox News' Sean Hannity hootenanny.
But unlike the...
The California Democratic Party just sent a loud message to President Obama, who is pondering the next U.S. move in Afghanistan: Get out.
The state's Dems have gone on record with a Get Out...
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Tom Campbell (you know him, the five-time congressman, former state senator and one-time state finance director) swung through Sacramento Friday and, in between...
Want to repeal California's ban on gay marriage? You now have five chances to get an initiative on the ballot.
Pay attention, 'cause this could get confusing. No less than five initiatives have...
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So after taking a lot of heat from the GOP -- as reported in Monday's Chronicle -- for not appointing an independent investigation into his office's secret recording scandal, Attorney General...Small farms and the sustainable agriculture movement raised alarms today about Senate legislation that they say would stifle family farms with "heavy-handed and costly attempts" to battle...
It's a good thing the activists at SF-based Credo Mobile have never been the shy retiring types, because they know they'll get some serious blowback on this one: They just launched a campaign to...
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Legislators should take a hard look in the mirror before they point fingers over "ballot box budgeting," according to an upcoming report by the Center for Governmental Studies .
The study,...
The last best chance for health reform that can "bend the curve" of soaring costs that are making coverage unaffordable for everyone could be sacrificed to Senate majority leader Harry Reid's...
Gay rights leader and former SF Supervisor Harvey Milk will be one of 13 Californians inducted into the state's Hall of Fame next month , joining a list of luminaries that include civil rights...[...]
The California GOP is hitting Jerry Brown hard over his office's self-investigation into its secret taping scandal -- with a just-released online ad. Just in time for the "New Moon" movie ...
All three GOP gubernatorial candidates are now calling on state AG Jerry Brown -- the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial candidate -- to appoint an independent investigator into the matter of...
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is headed to Iraq next week to visit U.S. troops, his office announced today. Details and exact dates haven't been confirmed and likely won't be made public out of...
California is in terrible financial shape, but it's not alone among states in the country, a report published today by the Pew Center on the States has found.
The news is unlikely to quiet the...
